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Sub-Lieutenant DENIS EDWARD SMEDLEY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Reserve

H.M.S. "Dunvegan Castle"

Date of Death

Died 28 August 1940

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHAPEL STRAND CEMETERY, ARRANMORE ISLAND

Grave 7.

Ireland, Republic of

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward Postill and Susan Edith Smedley; husband of Elizabeth Mary Smedley, of New Malden, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription "UPON THEM HATH THE LIGHT SHINED"
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Buried or commemorated at

CHAPEL STRAND CEMETERY, ARRANMORE ISLAND
County Donegal Ireland, Republic of
Number of casualties: 3
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